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Punakewhitu/Gentle Annie earthworks on hold awaiting 'next steps' 24 Feb, 2021 04:00 PM 3 minutes to read Around 120 protesters gathered at the Punakewhitu/Gentle Annie lookout last week. Photo / Bevan Conley The body responsible for the oversight of the Whanganui River says consultation on controversial earthworks on Punakewhitu/Gentle Annie land was about a soil management plan, not work on the cliff face. "The consultation we had was based on a soil management plan, to make sure we limit soil entering Te Awa Tupua," Gerrard Albert, chairman of Ngā Tāngata Tiaki o Whanga...

Whanganui River Photo: 123rf Earthworks on Punakewhitu, which is privately owned by John Oskam, have been suspended, after dozens of members from the local hapū Ngāti Tuera and Ngāti Hinearo stepped in. Ken Mair (Ngāti Tuera, Ngāti Hinearo) who is chair of Porangahau marae, which is situated less than a kilometre from the maunga, said it was a wahi tapū to his people, and was a part of their identity. "It's deeply spiritual to us and immensely significant to us and to see this damage and desecration of our maunga by outsiders, I mean it really saddens and angers us and that's an unders...

Brian Stalter/Unsplash Part of the hillside of Punakewhitu was bulldozed to open up the entrance and exit to the property to allow logging trucks to get in and out. (File photo) This story was originally published on and is republished with permission. Earthworks on an ancestral maunga next to the Whanganui River have been suspended temporarily, after local hapū brought the bulldozing to a halt, saying they weren't consulted on the desecration of their wāhi tapu, or sacred site. Dozens of members of Ngāti Tuera and Ngāti Hinearo went to Punakewhitu maunga last week, after a call went ...